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Thursday, March 13, 2008Reason Number ThirtyI've got a great addition to my 29 reasons for having a baby (and being a writer) after 40: My chances of living to the age of 100 have quadrupled. I know this because my wonderful mother (who isn't anywhere near 100) just sent me a small article that contained this wondrous bit of news. Men who sire children -- particularly those men who start raising families from a young age -- are also prime candidates for hitting the Five Score club. In which case, Eric and I will both be driving each other nuts for a long, long time. Missing from this article, however, are the reasons for this supposed longevity. Why would giving birth after the age of forty afford me all those extra years of wrinkly existence? Does it have something to do with waking up a sleeping uterus and fooling it into producing life-giving hormones beyond its normal capacity? Keeping my cardiovascular system up and running by matching pace with my own toddler right before matching pace with an onslaught of grandchildren? Or might it be that women who give birth after the age of 40 have a compelling reason to continue to take the very best care of themselves -- for the sake of a tiny person who needs them? I wonder. But as long as I'm physically fit and my brain hasn't gone dotty, I wouldn't mind living another six decades. I'll be sure to see all five of my children married by then (since Eric will, of course, make all the girls wait until they're 40). And as long as Eric's not wearing diapers, I won't mind having him around, either. He is my best friend, after all. And an extra six decades might be just what I need to get my books published, at any rate. Who knew that having a later-life baby would give the publishing world yet another excuse to move at a rate that only exists outside of our space-time continuum? Imagine. Fifty-eight more years of "The Write Way Home." Anyway, thank you, Mom, for boosting my spirits today -- I needed that. |
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I am: Mother to five stunningly individualistic children... Writer of young adult fantasy... Passionate advocate for Women At Home... Madly in love with my husband... In need of Organic Gourmet Chocolate on a regular basis. I've got a Paypal account if you'd like to contribute to the cause....
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4of my readers are feeling chatty:
Jill- you are seriously HILARIOUS! :D
I think I'm going to send this to my mom and let her know that Evie needs a new aunt/uncle- we'd be like Father of the Bride II :-0
Oh that's cute!
It gives me hope too, I may yet be able to enjoy peace and a tidy house after the last little weasel is shuffled out the door.
I was doing the math one day and thinking I might practically go straight from Keevee's wedding to the "short term care facility". :-P
Oh my goodness Jill! You keep me smiling...
LOL! I love it!
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